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The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across Africa has climbed to 1,114 as 40 African countries reported confirmed cases as of Saturday afternoon, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) disclosed on Saturday.
The number of deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic across the African continent has also risen to 28 as of the stated period, according to the Africa CDC.
John Nkengasong, Africa CDC Director, told a press conference on Thursday that the Africa CDC is focusing on a three-pillar strategy to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the continent.
"Our first strategy is aimed at prevention, the second pillar of strategy is preventing death and the third pillar is preventing social harm," he said.
Nkengasong also said Africa CDC is facilitating mass testing across the continent as part of a comprehensive plan to fight the spread of the virus.
"By next Monday we would have rolled out 60,000 tests to African countries," the Africa CDC director said, adding "our continental strategy is aimed at three key things: cooperation, collaboration and communication across member states."
The African Union, through its specialized healthcare agency Africa CDC, has already activated its Emergency Operations Center and its Incident Management System (IMS) for the COVID-19 outbreak on January 27.
The Africa CDC had also developed its third Incident Action Plan that covers the period from March 16 to April 15.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
